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Those affected can apply for a "highly specialised critical services (agriculture) permit" from noon on Tuesday via the Service NSW website if they
- Provide a highly specialised critical agricultural service
- Are moving and working anywhere within 100km of the NSW-Victorian border, on the NSW side;
- Comply with strict conditions if staying overnight; and
- Adhere to other safety requirements, including self-isolating when not delivering the critical service.
Exemptions for individuals needing to move beyond the 100km limit for work will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
The list of approved highly specialised critical agricultural services include:
Dairy: technicians, Dairy consultants, Artificial Insemination Specialists.
Horticultural: technicians, machinery operators and mechanics, harvesters, pruners, consultants for agronomy, plant health, harvest management, pest and disease.
Wool: testing technicians, shearers.
IN OTHER NEWS:
Specialist consultants: agronomists, nutritionists, veterinary, seed and crop researchers. Agribusiness specialists for where internet or video conference facilities cannot be accessed.
Crop: harvesters, hay and silage contractors, rice sowing contractors, crop spray/fertilizer contractors.
Forestry: workers and technicians.
Intensive livestock: piggery/poultry (egg and broiler) technicians, processing workers, stockfeed mill operators.
Specialist contractors/equipment: irrigation specialists, fencing contractors.
Specialist agricultural service providers: market access inspectors, saleyard operators and agents, livestock carriers.
Commercial fishing: crew and operators, Aquaculture operators/technicians.
Beekeepers: commercial operators.
Commercial Wine Production: technicians, specialists involved in the production, harvest, testing and management of vintage.
Biosecurity Officers: pest trap inspectors, pest and weed controllers.
Cross-border rural property landowners: leaseholders, agistment holders or their agents directly involved in or responsible for land management, livestock husbandry, agronomy pest and disease control and production management.
Bushfire recovery workers.